The Lakota East Boy's Basketball games originally scheduled for Friday February 5, have been rescheduled for Saturday, February 20th. Sophomore game will start at 4:30 p.m., JV at 6:00 p.m. and Varsity will start at 7:30 p.m.

On Tuesday February 2, Lakota East High School honored the 2010 Elite Scholar/Athletes, sponsored by First Source Benefits Group of West Chester. These 13 athletes were all stars in their respective sports and in the classroom by earning over a 4.0 GPA over their high school careers.

The Class of 2010 Elite Scholar/Athletes honorees are: Jessica Backstrom, Abby Buns, John Coleman, Jordan Drake, Katrina Echternach, Matt Fleming, Melissa Kincaid, Allison Korson, Codie Owens, Erin Pollock, Nicholas Sabatal, Ben Schapman, Matt Witzman and Christina Yamada

For the third consecutive year, First Source is proud to sponsor the Lakota Elite Scholar-Athlete Program, recognizing senior student-athletes at East who have excelled on the court, on the field, in the classroom and in the community. Each honoree will be eligible to apply for a $500 scholarship to be awarded to one of these honorees at Senior Awards night this Spring. Congradulations to these fine Lakota East Scholar/Athletes.

The Lakota East Athletic department recognized nine seniors on National Letter of Intent Signing Day who have made college commitments during a special ceremony held at the high school on Wednesday, February 3rd. The early morning event was an opportunity to honor Thunderhawk athletes who have earned athletic scholarships and will continue their playing careers on the next level.

The list of signees included six girls soccer standouts: Kaitlyn Buczek (UC), Abby Buns (Air Force Academy), Andi Martin (Transylvania), Sammi Miller (Wilmington), Abbie Schauble (Ohio Northern) and Ashley Taylor (Aurora).

Additionally, three Thunderhawk gridiron standouts making official commitments were; Cory Keebler (UC), Pedro Powell (Notre Dame College) and Matt Luers (UD).

East will host a spring signing event on April 14th for any additional East athletes making formal commitments.

Click the picture to view the photo gallery from this event.
Photos courtesy of Trimble Photography

The 2010 Lakota East vs Lakota West boys and girls' basketball games will be a slam dunk in the fight against heart disease as teams raise funds for the American Heart Association. The girls game will be held on Saturday, February 6 at 2:00 p.m. and the boys game is Friday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m.

“Both schools see this as a unique opportunity to use their rivalry game as a platform to create awareness and raise funds for the American Heart Association,” said Richard Bryant, Athletic Director of Lakota East. “Each school has created a unique t-shirt (black for East and red for West) to create a ‘black out' vs ‘red out' for the game, showing school pride in fighting our nation's number one killers – heart disease and stroke.”

The month of February is officially Heart Month across the country. During this time, the American Heart Association encourages people to take part in the fight against heart disease by going to the doctor to learn their numbers and making positive lifestyle changes such as exercising, eating less fat and quitting smoking. Events such as the Lakota East vs West basketball games are an exceptional way to spread the message of the American Heart Association and to get youth started on heart health for a lifetime.

Each Lakota basketball t-shirt bears the slogan, “Beating Heart Disease Together” and are on sale for $10, with a portion of the proceeds going to the American Heart Association. To order t-shirts visit, www.officiallogoshop.com/AHA . For information about the American Heart Association, visit www.americanheart.org .

Lakota East girl's basketball player, senior Amber Kidd, is the type of quiet, unassuming player that could easily go unrecognized. What shouldn't go unnoticed though is that she recently broke through the 1,000-point mark in her high school career.

Kidd transferred to East last year after playing at Westbrook Christian School in Rainbow City, Alabama for three seasons. Eligibility requirements in her former state permitted the talented Kidd to play varsity when she was in the 8th grade. During her first year on varsity she scored 277 points. In subsequent seasons she totaled 289 points as a freshman and 283 points as a sophomore. Her junior and senior years at East have produced another 191 points bringing her to an all-time mark of 1040 points to date.

“Amber is one of the most self-motivated, determined kids that I have had the privilege to coach,” said East 1st year head coach Nikki Drew. “She has an amazing pull up jumper, plays defense like a champion, and is one of best rebounders I have seen from the 2 guard position. “

Kidd along with two other seniors, Page Mayberry and Megan Boice, will be honored in pregame ceremonies when the Hawks face the Lakota West Firebirds on Saturday, February 6th . Tipoff is slated for 2:00 pm.